This experimental study investigated the significant different in image quality and dose between different
automatic exposure of exposure parameter (AOP) mode in full field digital mammography (FFDM) system.
CIRS012A and PMMA breast phantom (4cm, 5cm and 6 cm thickness) were used as subject using
Senographe Essential FFDM system. TLD chip was used as dose measurement tool. Exposures were taken
in cranio-caudal projection. 2 radiographers with more than 10 years of working experience in performing
mammography scored the image independently. Kappa finds a good agreement between raters (kappa
value=0.9, p0.05). DOSE mode is the preferred selection in optimizing between dose and image quality.
Application of compression during mammography is crucial to reduce breast thickness and reducing
average glandular dose (AGD). With increasing participation in regular breast screening programmes, the
total AGD received by patient remains a concern. Therefore, this paper aimed to evaluate the effect of
compressed breast thickness (CBT) on the AGD during screening mammography using full field digital
mammogram (FFDM). This study involved retrospective collection of mammographic data and reports
from 148 women who came for screening mammography. Mammographic parameters which include
CBT, AGD, compression force and breast density for both breast on craniocaudal (CC) view and
mediolateral oblique (MLO) view were recorded and analysed. There was statistically significant
variation in the mammographic parameters value between CC and MLO projections but no significant
variation between right and left breasts. For CC projection, a weak positive correlation was identified
between CBT and AGD (r=0.115, p=0.049) and between CBT and compression force (r=0.172, p=0.003).
In addition, a weak positive correlation was also found between CBT and compression force (r=0.200,
p=0.001) and between CBT and AGD (r=0.292, p